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Comment by Falrinn

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like falling into the water in Thousand Needles will be a lot less frustrating then you would otherwise think.

Just summon this if you fall in and you might be able cruise along the water's surface at an increased speed. Very good idea on Blizzard's part.

Comment by ThomasDWell

Too bad its only in Thousand Needles.

Comment by Kalx

It's supposed to help those low levels in thousand needles that can't fly yet, otherwise would be terrible to swim all around Thousand Needles (which should be renamed Thousand Islands, as it's completely flooded)

Comment by Tron842

Love this thing definatly better than swiming. It also has a bit of a festive feeling with the cristmass lights, still this items a keeper.

Comment by sohvan

It should have been called "The Fabulous Riverboat."

Comment by TimeTrap

This boat can only carry yourself unfortunately. There could have been some cool rp opportunities there.

Comment by Yakatori

I have a druid that for some reason glitches ... you can tell its going to glitch by a hesitation when he is jumping in the boat I have yet to find a way to stop this and it does not matter what form I am in, it is super annoying

Comment by Sapph

Is it possible to get the boat back once you've deleted it?

Edit: Confirmed, Rizzorian was right, the original NPC does give you it back if you delete it.

Comment by leettroll

one question.

What reason would you have to delete it in the first place?

And I wish I was able to fish from this thing. :/

PS, Is it just me or does this remind anyone else of tugger from South Park's "Russel Crow's Fighting Around The World Show"?

Comment by Toez

Can I just say. I'm on a boat!

Comment by Eugen

this is a seriously cool item and they should really allow it to be used out of thousand needles. It's soooo much fun to run around driving your own boat it's amazing^^

Comment by Bladecatcher

I really hope blizzard makes this a multi-person mount....I would love to have like 10 of my friends crusin' along in my river-boat, heck it would be nice for RP also. I would also like if they let you park it, so you could just wander around the boat for awhile, fish for abit. That would be fun. XD

Comment by kintotech

Hilariously, any form a druid takes can pilot the boat. Although this doesn't work as well with some (particularly the bear, who's head goes -into- the ship's wheel and past it a bit) as others like the Cat.

Comment by Seeathis

Does this item stay in our inventory when the quest line is done?

Comment by Groggwato

Is it me, or does this boat look like "The African Queen" (from the movie of the same name)?

Comment by Festis123

Comment by Schmoopsy

I named mine Jenny.

Comment by Boznick

Your character can perform most visible emotes while on this boat. Dancing while riding can make for fun traveling entertainment!

Comment by llars

Don't know if this issue affects anyone else but the only way I can get off the boat is by clicking off the buff this item gives. So I created a simple macro to mount / dismount and supress the error that pops up when mounting.

#showtooltip/cancelaura River Boat/use River Boat/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()

Comment by LeviGratton

Sittin' on a riverboatHavin' a partyMe and my Cajun QueenShe's turnin' twenty-one on the Mississippi riverHeadin' down to New OrleansThe year is 1894Oh come on mamaAnd love me some moreHer dark eyes flashLike a gambler's ringsShe shakes her pretty head and sings

Life for me is a riverboat fantasyWatchin'the sun go downA rock and roll bandWith a reefer in my handNow look at that wheel go aroundCocaine kisses and moonshine MissesThat's the life for meI'm sailing away from my heartacheOn a riverboat fantasy

Can't think, can't drinkAnymore whiskyI could'a drunk a river dryMmmmm...this old boat she'sJust sittin' in the moonlightCatchin' the gleam in her eyeShowers of rain come pourin' downThe sky full of starsLike a french lace gownShimmer, glimmerI think I'm gonna fallWhoops catch me mama, that's all

Life for me is a riverboat fantasyWatchin' the sun go downA rock and roll bandWith a reefer in my handNow look at that wheel go aroundCocaine kisses and moonshine MissesThat's the life for meI'm sailing away from my heartacheOn a riverboat fantasy

Delta sun beats down like a hammerMmmm....it gives the low down bluesI've got a cotton ginI'll weave and spinAnd shake the dust from my shoesI made my moneyI found me a honeyTo tickle me under my chinWhen mornin' comesI'll ride into townAnd worry 'bout the shape I'm in

Life for me is a riverboat fantasyWatchin' the sun go downA rock and roll bandWith a reefer in my handNow look at that wheel go aroundCocaine kisses and moonshine MissesThat's the life for meYes it isI'm sailing away from my heartacheOn a riverboat fantasy

Comment by Duskcurse

I wanna get these so much even when I bexome high lvl I'll keep it

Comment by Anjack

I use my Murloc Suit when im on my boat and its just so funny to see a Murloc driving a boat XD

Comment by vindurza

blizz should make this or something like it a multi passenger fishing mount think about it could be reward from fishing or fishing dailys it would be awesome summon it for guild fishing trips

Comment by Dooch

There are so many mithril deposits here that you probably won't use the boat. It takes too long to swim from the boat to the surface when travelling.

Also: it seems to me that running on the sea floor and mounting are the same speed.

Comment by Ilsor

I almost fell off my chair when I keyboard-turned this thing. It just turns around with ridiculous velocity and yet plays no animation. I find that funny. :>

Comment by Muzzle248

I really wish you could get off the boat and walk around it to fish. And have other players hop on and fish.

Comment by soxism

Currently Having Problem summoning this is anyone else?

Comment by pricklybear

I always hear that song from the old Steamboat Willie cartoon in my head when I ride in this.

Comment by Coldtusk

Can't get this to work. The boat appears for a second, I go up in the air, then the boat disappears and I go 20 feet underwater. This happen for anyone else? it glitched?

Comment by dokhidamo

I'm surprised no one else has thought maybe blizz should let Engineers build a multi-person river boat that can be used anywhere.

Oh well, perhaps when they introduce real aquatic mounts.

Comment by Phoroneus

Please note that as this is a vehicle and not a mount, several traits of mounts do not apply. For example, the boat will not sway from side to side the way a mount would, were you to get severely intoxicated and go sailing.

Comment by Milo1995

2 things1. How fast does this thing actually go? coz if the speed display of the char screen is right, a druid is better of with aqua form2. Why does this share a model with ka'ja cola?

Comment by SRGSK9

I accidentally "drove" on the land, which then caused me to be unable to dismount the boat. I had to log out and back in to get off the boat. I don't know if anyone else has had this issue, just sharing an experience.

Comment by Cinha

My boat doesn't work, aproaching and pointing it up doesnt fix the bug for me :/

Comment by FuxieDK

I can't get off.. Not with the macro you posted, but by right clicking the icon, not by clicking the "Leave Vehicle" button.. :(

Comment by jorraxx

I've done this quest twice before and was able to dismount by driving up on land, but not now. I get stuck in boat mode and can't do anything but move around. Can't even see what's attacking me.

Comment by eadgbe

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this yet: I can ride this boat on land! lol, no kidding! Just ride it up to a shoreline and keep moving forward, you will ride on land... Can't believe Blizzard missed a glitch like this.

Comment by Vacc

Having this issue too, can't leave the boat.

Comment by Xirifus

Currently, there are two bugs that both were not there before 4.1;

You can't get out of the vehicle

The vehicle can be driven on land

EDIT: a little update, I couldn't get out, so I just started to drive towards Feralas. (In last patch, when I did this quest on my warrior, it dismounted me upon zoning.) Now, I'm sitting in Camp Mojache, with my riverboat. On land. I can't see any NPCs or mobs, but I can still cast spells (or change aspects) and communicate with people throgh guild and Battle.net chat.

As if I would be in different phase... Very interesting...

EDIT2: upon relog'ing, I found myself near the speedbarge, swimming. As if I would have just been lagging. (Which I wasn't, since I could chat with people fine.)I've had similiar experiences with other vehicles in this patch. Blizzard really needs to fix that...

Comment by Icecoldcoke

Doesn't happen all the time though. It seems like the issues are related, if you can't leave the boat then it will allow you to drive on land.

Relogging fixes the problem, but you usually lose progress on where you were travelling to as if you DC'd or something.

Comment by wscott2420

Seriously bugged.It works,I get in but the problem is I can't get out,then hafta relog/reboot.Then when I log back in,I'm right back where I was when I got in the boat,didn't go anywhere,much like when the server crashes.Better off just swimming.Not sure what affects the operation.This occurs on my cow pal.Just a update,was on my cow pal 6-8-11 and it was working properly.So not sure if it was a Blizz bug that's been fixed or a procedural thing but all's good now! :)

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Comment by RPKitten

Well, I don't know about all the bugs that others have posted, but the mounting bug is still in effect. Nothing I try can allow me to get on the boat. Not the pointing the camera, not the macro, not walking on land and then getting back in the water. :( Frustrating. I still have a ton of quests here, and my toon is only 45 atm. :( Maybe the bugs will be fixed in 4.3. Not holding my breath though.

Comment by MachinusNye

Really, the most important problem with this has yet to be addressed:How do you manage to keep an entire boat in your backpack? It'd be one thing if it were a magic boat or something, but this looks like any ol' boat."Whelp, seems like I ought to move along some. May as well take out my magically growin' and shrinkin' boat out for a ride."

Comment by Ziare

I just saw one while i was fishing going upstream on the South Fury river? I thought it could only be used in Thousand needles?

Comment by Frehk

Finally! After all these years as a Bloodsail Admiral I have a boat to sail!

Comment by Fireroflmage

I would use this even though I have 310 flying. Just for the fun factor.

Comment by Zurai

The "flag" flying at the top of the mast appears to be a pair of striped underpants. It's the little details that make this boat so great.

Comment by kandrews112358

It would be awesome if blizz let us ride this thing around in Stormwind, or even gave this to us as a water mount, similar to the seahorse.

Comment by Diverdave333

This item would be a lot less annoying if you were able to zoom out more or have a bird's eye view while sailing...

Comment by Gwiez

I move at 286% running speed while in the boat (I do have Mount Up guild perk and Expert Riding is my highest riding skill, but I do not know if those effects the river boat speed). Someone mentioned running on the ocean floor, and that speed is 160% for me. Mounted on the ocean floor is at normal mount speed.

Comment by Shirubia

This is what happens when Blizzard plays games with a sword-wielding kid dressed in green that travels across in a boat.

Comment by Olioster

Since the release of MoP, using this always disconnects me from the server. Anyone else having this problem? Makes leveling through the zone painful.

Comment by Brewzgryllz

Is it faster than a 100% Mount + Water Walking? The ingame tooltip doesnt change if I mount up to the boat

Comment by Nitweed

Back in cata i would have some very major issues with getting in the boat, namely when i used the item while swimming, the boat would spawn and i would begin to fly upwards to get into it, it would disappear just before i got in and i would shoot downwards into the water. Does this still happen?

Comment by bogmore

I'm saaaailing!

Comment by Oak1

Dreaming this would be allowed to go on all water sources like Anglers Fishing Raft. a Dk pimp can dream cant he?

Comment by chaoswkpl

Comment by Glandur

So, I tested the speed of this thing vs. a level 40 mount with guild perk and water walking.

TLDR:This is faster, by almost a third.

Data:-------My very short test consisted of five runs on the mount, and five runs in the boat. I went from an outcropping at the edge of the crater to the boat where Brivelthwerp hands out his delicious icecream.

Average run on a mount: 13.5 seconds.Average run in the boat: 10.0 seconds.

I wouldn't normally draw conclusions from such a small data set, but the evidence here is overwhelming. Use the boat :)

Comment by Petulant

I love wowhead.. but is sure miss thottbot.... because thottbot actually described how to get stuff... i get that peeps like to talk about how cool stuff is.. but that doesn't help for someone that is wondering how to get one.....